In the last two years, the strategic environment around Japan has changed. The potential of unintended war in the Korean Peninsula, which might lead to North Korean attack on Japan, although Pyongyang and Washington do not intend to start a war despite the militant rhetoric and the rising tension with China, are some of the main challenges that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is facing in his new term in office.

In this lecture, Dr. Levkowitz will focus on Japan's strategic policies recommendations to deal with these challenges. He will analyze Japan's defense policy, the bilateral and multilateral polices that Tokyo can pursue in dealing with challenges.

Lecture in Hebrew

Dr. Alon Levkowitz is an expert on East Asian security and Asian international organizations. His research focus on Asian alliances, the relations between Asia and the Middle East. Chair of Social Science and Civic department at the Beit-Berl College and a researcher at the Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University